The Personal Data Protection Board ("Board"), through its decision dated 06.07.2023 and numbered 2023/1154 published in the Official Gazette dated 25.07.2023 and numbered 32259, has decided to increase the monetary threshold regarding the total annual financial balance sheet from TRY 25 million to TRY 100 million as one of the criteria for exemption from Obligation to Register with the Data Controllers' Registry (“VERBIS”).
According to the Board's decision dated 19.07.2018…
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A company based in the US opposed an application for goods and services in Classes 25 and 35 based on an earlier mark in Classes 9, 35 and 41
The PTO found that the physical goods/services covered by the application were similar to the virtual and online goods/services covered by the opponent’s mark
The similarity of virtual and physical goods/services has recently been a hot topic across the world
In a decision issued on 31 March 2023 (which was subsequently finalised)…
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Law No. 5953 on Arrangement of Relations Between Employers and Employees in the Field of Press (Press Labour Law) sets out the terms and conditions of employment of journalists. Article 6 of the Press Labour Law regulates journalists' entitlement to severance payment and termination of their employment contracts by employers.
According to the former wording of the referred article, journalists with at least five years of professional service were entitled to…
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The PTO partially upheld HP Hewlett Packard’s opposition against a mark containing the element ‘HP’ based only on the likelihood of confusion ground
On appeal, the board upheld the opponent’s well-known trademark claim
Notably, the opponent’s evidence showed the HP marks used in a blue colour and the contested mark displayed the same colour
The Re-examination and Evaluation Board of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has rejected a trademark application that…
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In 2009, the Turkish Competition Authority (“Authority”) had conducted a preliminary investigation to determine whether there was a violation of Article 4 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition ("Law No. 4054"), regarding restrictive agreements, concerted practices, and decisions about price, production, and sales information and forecasts among undertakings being members of the Automotive Distributors Association and the Automotive Industry Association. As a result…
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Recently, with the fast development of the technology and the extensive use of communication tools and the internet, marketing strategies have also experienced a significant change. Traditional marketing methods have been rapidly replaced by online advertising.
Online advertising, which is a form of advertising that utilizes various internet-based channels, as a marketing strategy used on digital platforms to increase trademark popularity, promote sales and create consumer…
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